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What will FIFO actually pay you?
Put in your roster, shifts and pay. See take-home by the week, fortnight and year, where the tax goes, and what lands in super.
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Your FIFO pay, worked out
Set your roster, shifts and pay. Everything updates as you type.
1 · Roster
14 days on, 7 days off, repeating.
2 · Shifts
3 · How you're paid
Site or FIFO allowance, if it's taxed as income.
4 · Tax and super
Tax-free threshold and Medicare levy included.
Annual take-home (est.)
$97,880
After income tax and Medicare
Weekly avg
$1,882
Fortnightly
$3,765
Monthly avg
$8,157
Averages spread your year's pay evenly. You get no pay on days off, so plan ahead for your R&R weeks.
Days on site
243
Days home
122
17 weeks
Gross / hr on site
$44.58
Take-home / day on site
$403
Where your gross goes
- You keep$97,880 · 75%
- Income tax$29,520 · 23%
- Medicare$2,600 · 2%
- Base pay
- $130,000
- Gross income
- $130,000
- Income tax (est.)
- − $29,520
- Medicare levy
- − $2,600
- Take-home pay
- $97,880
- Super at 12% (est.)
- + $15,600
- Per swing, gross → take-home
- $7,479 → $5,631
Super
$15,600 a year goes in on top
Left alone for 10 years at a steady 6% (after 15% tax on contributions), that contribution alone grows to about $174,777. It's locked until preservation age, so it doesn't pay the rent.
Check whether your employer pays super on all rostered hours or only base pay. It can change this number a lot.
Make the number real
$97,880 is only useful if you land the job and keep it.
- Get Hired for the CV, the agencies and the interview.
- Relocation Guide if you're coming from overseas or interstate.
- Wealth & Exit to turn the take-home and super into a way out.
Ready when you are
Know the number. Now get the job.
Four short guides take you from visa to first paycheque to keeping the money.